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Accessing Your Answering System
If your base has an answering system, you can use your handset to get your messages and change your answering system setup.
The answering system plays your new messages (that you have not listened to yet) first. If you have no new messages, the system plays your old messages.
You have the following options:
| Press [ | /mute]. The system announces the number of | |
Playing | new and old messages, then plays the first new message | ||
new | followed by the day and time it was received. Then the | ||
messages | system plays the new messages in the order they were | ||
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Repeating | Press [1/ | ] once to go to the beginning of the current | |
message. |
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a message | Press [1/ ] repeatedly to go back to a previous message. | ||
Skipping a | Press [3/ | ] to go to the beginning of the next message. | |
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Deleting a | While a message is playing, press [4/ | ]. | |
message | The message is permanently deleted. |
Playing old After you listen to your new messages, press [/mute] messages again to play your old messages.
Exiting the | Press [5/ ] to stop the message playback. | ||
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review | or press [2/ ] to restart the message playback. |
Screening Calls
If your base has an answering system, you can listen to callers as they leave a message. Press [/mute] when the system is answering to listen to the caller without answering the phone.
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